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[Ci7]

GP007, on 06 April 2010 - 11:08, said:

Just another way to get people to finally drop XP. No IE9, no Windows Live Wave 4 apps either. And I think no Office 2010? I could be wrong on that las tone though.

i renamber Office 2010 support XP SP3(as minimum)

[Calum]

TonyLock, on 06 April 2010 - 05:17, said:

Why wont it work on XP? Makes no sense.

Why does it make no sense? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but Microsoft were not still supporting Windows 95 in the year 2004, were they? The only reason XP is still so widely used is because of ignorant PC users/businesses (and perhaps some ignorant developers).

[.Neo]

Xilo, on 01 April 2010 - 20:49, said:

Doesn't fit in with Aero or Windows at all.

As if that would stop Microsoft.

[REM2000]

Calum, on 06 April 2010 - 11:25, said:

Why does it make no sense? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but Microsoft were not still supporting Windows 95 in the year 2004, were they? The only reason XP is still so widely used is because of ignorant PC users/businesses (and perhaps some ignorant developers).

but Microsoft are supporting XP until 2014 as it was in general use longer. Win95 was replaced after three years, XP took double that 6 years to be replaced, thus the support after will be longer.

[rfirth]

Yay! It works! You click on the title bar, and a textbox appears that allows you to type in a URL. Press the enter key, and it navigates to that URL. Also, no tabs yet. Everything else needed to work before tabs. Now, to make something that you can download and try...

Known problems: resizing window (other than maximize), no tabs, add favorites button does not function...

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[Tech Star]

WOW! That looks beautiful. It is something I would use as soon as it is released and if functioning correctly.

[Howling Wind]

Looks ugly to me. Something about it. Its flat and boring. Doesn't fit the rest of Windows UI at all.

[jas GFX]

rfirth, on 07 April 2010 - 03:14, said:

Yay! It works! You click on the title bar, and a textbox appears that allows you to type in a URL. Press the enter key, and it navigates to that URL. Also, no tabs yet. Everything else needed to work before tabs. Now, to make something that you can download and try...

Known problems: resizing window (other than maximize), no tabs, add favorites button does not function...

release this already please. I wanna test it

[rfirth]

And now, without any further delays, I give you... something that looks like an April Fools joke browser!

It's a little rough around the edges...

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[Hani]

Even Microsoft doesn't commit to the Windows UI.

[RoomKid]

rfirth, on 07 April 2010 - 03:14, said:

Yay! It works! You click on the title bar, and a textbox appears that allows you to type in a URL. Press the enter key, and it navigates to that URL. Also, no tabs yet. Everything else needed to work before tabs. Now, to make something that you can download and try...

Known problems: resizing window (other than maximize), no tabs, add favorites button does not function...

Dude, thats awesome. Hoping to see it soon.

[rfirth]

++iHazCool, on 07 April 2010 - 04:29, said:

Dude, thats awesome. Hoping to see it soon.

Lol, check out post #84... I already uploaded it

[Explore]

Hani, on 07 April 2010 - 04:23, said:

Even Microsoft doesn't commit to the Windows UI.

That is true *looks at Zune*

[RoomKid]

rfirth, on 07 April 2010 - 04:32, said:

Lol, check out post #84... I already uploaded it

Oh silly me. Didn't see it. Thanks

[Reacon]

After using it, I feel this really is just a bad April Fools joke. Even an alpha wouldn't run this horribly, the UI is nothing like Aero, and the default Homepage is Google!

In all likelihood, this is just a badly written program using the Trident engine.

Acid3 also gets a cool 13/100